The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No.17 OCTOBER 6 - 30. 2016
We are pleased to present the seventeenth installment of
The Museum of Longing and Failure, with new works by:
VANESSA BROWN (CA)
INGRID FURRE & OLOF NIMAR (NO/SE)
JOHANNE HESTVOLD & GAUTE TENOLD AASE (NO)
JADE YUMANG (CA)
For the occasion, each sculpture from the MOLAF's permanent collection will be represented in approximate form alongside the new acquisitions.
Künstlerhaus Bethanien | Kottbusser Str. 10, Berlin, Germany
Opening reception: Thursday, October 6 at 19.00 | Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 14.00 - 17.00
Composition for three and more triangles JUNE 2016 - JUNE 2017
For the period of June 2016 to June 2017, we are presenting a series of new works within the triangular glass cabinet at the main entrance of
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo. See the ongoing documentation
here.
Open Tuesday to Friday: 11.00 - 17.00; Thursday: 11.00 - 18.00; Saturday: 11.00 - 16.00; Sunday: 12.00 - 16.00
Artists in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin NOVEMBER 2015 - NOVEMBER 2016
We are the current grantees of the Canada Council International Artist Residency at
Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany.
Works available at Entrée: Paperwork
A selection of our collage-based works are available through
Entrée: Paperwork in Bergen, Norway.
Books available in Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Oslo, Bergen, and Warsaw
Our artist books are now being carried by
Motto, Berlin;
Printed Matter, New York;
Vermikko Books, Tokyo;
Art Metropole, Toronto;
Or Gallery, Vancouver;
Torpedo Press, Oslo;
The Art Museums of Bergen (KODE) and
Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen; and
The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw.
Book sales and trades are also available directly through us.
On the Museum of Longing and Failure SUMMER 2016
A conversation between Matea Kulić and us, published in
ti-TCR No. 14: Stuff by The Capilano Review, Vancouver. (PDF version
here.)
Featuring works from the collection of the
MOLAF by Nadia Belerique, Dillan Marsh, Heidi Nagtegaal, and
Erica Stocking and Christian Kliegel.
Lewis & Taggart: Collective Forms SUMMER 2016
Interview by Monica Holmen in the new issue of
KUNSTforum magazine.
MOLAF Variations JUNE 28 - 29. 2016
On June 28th and 29th, 2016,
The Institute for Endotic Research: Formation Centre in Berlin, Germany hosts
The Museum of Longing and Failure for two evenings of words, images, sounds, and conversation.
Tuesday, June 28th and Wednesday, June 29th at 19.00
Curvrystrasse 11/12 | 10997 Berlin
More info
here.
Lewis & Taggart: Austerity and Absurdity FEBRUARY 2016
Interview by Jade Yumang in ArtFile Magazine, New York City.
Davis Museum FEBRUARY 2016
Our work "Terminal Object No. 44" (2013) is now in the
permanent collection of the Davis Lisboa Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain.
VECTOR Artists Journal : Issue-7 MARCH 2016
We are one of the 25 artists/collectives contributing to Issue No. 7 of
Vector, to be launched at
Entrée, Bergen, on March 5, 2016.
The Museum of Longing and Failure at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair OCTOBER 16 - 18. 2015
We are pleased to present the sixteenth installment of
The Museum of Longing and Failure, with new works by:
NADIA BELERIQUE (CA)
JACOB GLEESON (CA)
JOSEFINE LYCHE (NO)
DILLAN MARSH (UK/NO)
Installment No. 16 will take place at the
4th Annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair, in conjunction with the launch of the Museum of Longing and
Failure's first published work,
MOLAF Variations.
Held at the
Vancouver Art Gallery
| 750 Hornby Street | Vancouver, Canada
October 17th and 18th : 12 – 6 pm | Members Preview - October 16th : 6 – 8 pm
A line in spite of itself AUGUST 13 - SEPTEMBER 13. 2015
Solo exhibition at Tegnerforbundet (The Drawing Centre), Oslo.
Opening reception: Thursday, August 13th from 18.00 - 20.00
Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 11.00 - 17.00; Thursday: 11.00 - 18.00; Saturday and Sunday: 12.00 - 16.00
Tegnerforbundet | Rådhusgaten 17 | 5011 Oslo | Norway
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No.15 JULY 3 - 26. 2015
We are pleased to present the fifteenth installment of
The Museum of Longing and Failure, with new works by:
NIKI BOGHOSSIAN (CA)
ERIK LARSSON (SE)
LUKE PARNELL (CA)
SVERRE STRANDBERG (NO)
New works on display until July 26th. Archived works available for viewing by appointment.
Please
contact us for opening hours and bookings.
MOLAF Archive | USF Verftet: No. 143 (on the quay) | Georgernes Verft 12 | 5011 Bergen | Norway
which is a way of saying: a word was removed JUNE 11 - JUlY 12. 2015
Group exhibition at
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo.
Curated by Benedicte Clementsen and Johanne Hestvold.
Wish you were here? MAY 9 - JUNE 28. 2015
Group exhibition at MAC Birmingham, UK.
Curated by Jeremy Cooper in collaboration with Cynthia Morrison-Bell.
Featuring over 200 artists including Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Ruth Claxton, Julie Cockburn, Gilbert & George, Richard Long, Yoko Ono,
Ruth Proctor, Dieter Roth, amongst many others, this exhibition presents works from Jeremy Cooper's major artists' postcards
collection
before its donation to the British Museum Prints and Drawings Department in 2018.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No.14 + Archive Launch MAY 15 - JUNE 28. 2015
On May 15th,
The Museum of Longing and Failure launches a new installment and archive at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway.
With works by:
GRAYSON COX (US)
CATO LØLAND (NO)
MERCEDES MÜHLEISEN (NO)
ERICA STOCKING & CHRISTIAN KLIEGEL (CA)
Launch: Friday, May 15 from 17.00 - 23.00.
New works on display until June 28th. Archived works available for viewing by appointment.
Please
contact us for opening hours and bookings.
USF Verftet: No. 143 (on the quay) | Georgernes Verft 12 | 5011 Bergen | Norway
Black Holes and other painted objects APRIL 24 - MAY 24. 2015
Solo exhibition at Entrée, Bergen, Norway.
Opening reception: Friday, April 24th at 20.00.
Gallery hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12.00 - 16.00.
To conclude the exhibition, we will perform
Music for Black Holes at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, on Sunday, May 24th at 19.00.
Purple Diary MAY 20. 2015
We are featured in Purple's
Highlights from NADA Art Fair 2015.
NADA Art Fair MAY 14 - 17. 2015
Entrée presents
works by Bjørn Mortensen, Lewis & Taggart, Steinar Haga Kristensen, Vilde Salhus Røed, Heidi Bjørgan, Azar Alsharif,
and Linda Sormin at the
New York NADA Art Fair.
Thursday, May 14: 6pm to 8pm
Friday, May 15: 11am to 7pm
Saturday, May 16: 11am to 7pm
Sunday, May 17: 11am to 5pm
Pier 36 | Basketball City | 299 South Street | New York, NY 10002
Paperwork
MARCH 12 - APRIL 25. 2015
Solo exhibition at
Syntax, Lisbon.
Curated by Markéta Stará Condeixa.
Opening reception: Thursday, March 12th at 22.00.
Gallery hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 14.00 - 19.00.
Syntax | Rua de Boavista 50 | 1170 – 375 Lisbon | Portugal
The Museum of Longing and Failure in Amfissa, Greece OCTOBER 4 - 26. 2014
For the its thirteenth installment,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will appear in the group exhibition
Failure in Amfissa, Greece.
The show is curated by Theodoros Zafiropoulos and produced by
Neon and
The Symptom Projects.
Opening reception: Saturday, October 4th at 20.00 | Visiting hours: Daily 18.00 - 22.00
Presented at the site of the old Hospital Amfissa
The New York Art Book Fair SEPTEMBER 25 - 28. 2014
A selection of our books will be featured by the
Hordaland Art Centre Bookshop at
The New York Art Book Fair.
MoMA PS1
Thursday, Sept. 25, 6:00 PM - Sunday, Sept. 28, 7:00 PM
A Nice Pair SEPTEMBER 11 - 28. 2014
Solo exhibition at Entrée's satellite space at ISCP, New York City.
Opening reception: Thursday, September 11th from 18.00 - 21.00.
Also open
by appointment until September 28th.
ISCP | Studio No. 221| 10140 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn, New York
Art Book Weekend SEPTEMBER 11 - 14. 2014
A selection of our books are included in the
Art Book Weekend at
Demon's Mouth, Oslo.
Curated by Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson.
Opening reception: Thursday, September from 19.00 - 22.00, with a reading by Jesper Fabricius
Open: Friday, September 12th from 18:00 to 21:00 | Saturday, September 13th from12:00 to 16:00 | Sunday, September 14th from 12:00 to 16:00
Demon's Mouth | Københavngate 4 | Oslo
Banff Centre Thematic Residency JULY 6 - AUGUST 15. 2014
We are participating in The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle; a thematic residency program at
The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No. 12 JUNE 6 - 22. 2014
From June 6th to 22nd,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will occupy
RAKE Visningsrom at Elgesetergate 28 in Trondheim, Norway.
WITH WORKS BY
aiPotu (NO)
Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens (CA)
Bjørn Mortensen (NO)
Camilla Skibrek (NO)
Ron Tran and Sylvain Sailly (CA)
Opening reception: Friday, June 6 at 19.00
Open Thursdays and Fridays from 15.00 - 18.00, and Saturdays and Sundays from 13.00 - 17.00
White horses black birds MAY 9. 2014
Solo exhibition at Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo.
Friday, May 9 at 19.00
Fossveien 19 | Oslo, Norway
Cold Current FEBRUARY 7 - MARCH 9. 2014
Group exhibition in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
OPENING RECEPTIONS
Friday, February 7 at
Spazio Gerra (18.00)
Saturday, February 8 at
Circolo degli Artisti (16.00),
Flag no Flags (19.00), and
Officina delle Arti (21.00)
Pulp Variations DECEMBER 12 - 16. 2013
Solo exhibition at
Kunstverein Leipzig, Germany.
Opening reception: Thursday, December 12 at 20.00.
Gallery open: December 13th to 16th from 12.00 - 17.00.
The Sculptural Photography DECEMBER 12. 2013
Three of our works are featured in
The Sculptural Photography by the Plantation Journal, London.
Launch: Thursday, December 12th, 19.00 to 22.00
The Plantation | Ridley Road Studio, Unit 7 | 51-63 Ridley Road | London E8 2NP
Set-ups NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 22. 2013
Group exhibition at Platform Stockholm, Sweden.
Opening reception: Saturday, November 30 at 18.00.
Gallery hours: Thursday – Sunday 12:00 – 16:00.
A Movement of Pigs and Bricks NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 20. 2013
We are presenting a
new work at the University of Bergen Library of Humanities.
The project is curated by Marie Nerland of Volt.
OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday, November 20th at 18.00
OPENING HOURS
From 20 November: Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 20:30; Friday 8:30 - 19:00; Saturday 11:00 - 16:00
From 5 December: Weekdays 8:30 - 19:00; Closed Saturdays
From 13 December: Weekdays 8:30 - 16:00; Closed Saturdays
Haakon Sheteligs plass 7 | 5007 Bergen | Norway
Performa 13: Flag NYC NOVEMBER 1 - 24. 2013
We are participating in
Flag NYC as part of the
Performa Biennial in New York City.
Click
here to see the online catalogue.
Five on the double OCTOBER 11 - 20. 2013
Solo exhibition at
Small Projects in Tromsø, Norway.
Opening reception: Friday, October 11th at 19.00.
Artist lecture: Thursday, October 10th at the
Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art at 13.00.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No. 11 SEPTEMBER 19 - NOVEMBER 14. 2013
From September 20th to November 14th,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will take up
temporary residence at Kolonnadenstr. 20 in Leipzig, Germany.
WITH WORKS BY
Steven Brekelmans (CA)
Hannah Heilmann (DK)
Antje Majewski & Olivier Guesselé Garai (DE/FR)
Arianne Olthaar (NL)
Opening reception: Thursday, September 19th at 19.00.
Open September 20 to November 14, whenever possible.
Please stop by at your leisure or contact
info@molaf.org to make an appointment.
BLUMEN Artists-in-Residence SEPTEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 31. 2013
We are guest artists at
Künstlerresidenz BLUMEN in Leipzig, Germany.
Refresh yourself; the worst is yet to come AUGUST 16 - 18, 2013
Solo exhibition at NoPlace in Oslo, Norway.
Opening reception: Friday, August 16th at 19.00.
Open Saturday and Sunday 14.00 - 17.00.
Terminus MAY 3 - 11, 2013
We are presenting an
off-site installation and new book work in the lobby of The Hotel Grand Terminus in Bergen Norway.
Produced by Tag Team Studio Gallery.
Launch & whisky tasting: May 3rd at 19.00 in the Grand Terminus Whisky Bar in Bergen, Norway.
Grand Show MARCH 15 - APRIL 15. 2013
The Museum of Longing and Failure will be featured in an installation by Ginancarlo Norese at Microgallery in Tirana.
Opening reception: March 15, 2013
Industri Lounge Bar
Rr. "Nikolla Tupe", 5 Tirana, Albania
An Epitaph for the World we are Leaving Behind DECEMBER 2012
One of our works is featured in a
new publication by Percival Space, Oslo.
Drawing selection for RICHARD TUTTLE - SLIDE DECEMBER 17 - 21. 2012
We have been invited to select an arrangement of drawings for the exhibition
RICHARD TUTTLE - SLIDE.
The exhibition is produced by Bergen Kunsthall and presented at Lysverket in Bergen, Norway.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No. 10 NOV. 16 - DEC. 27. 2012
From November 16 to December 27,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will take up
temporary residence in the former atelier of Tadeusz Kantor in Kraków.
WITH WORKS BY
Shayne Ehman (CA)
Pedro Gomez-Egana (CO/NO)
Brandon Labelle (US/DE)
Karen Nikgol (NO)
Wojtek Szaszor & Joanna Klass (PL)
ul. Sienna 7/5 | Kraków. Poland
Visiting hours & info
here.
On Saturday, November 17th, there will be a presentation and discussion from 14.00 - 16.00.
Seminar: The Museum as Artistic Practice NOV. 16. 2012
We are guest speakers at
The Museum as Artistic Practice in Krakow Poland; a seminar co-organized by
Cricoteka
and
The National Museum in Krakow.
November 16: 10.00 - 15.00 | National Museum, Krakow
Click
here to watch the lecture.
Book Launch OCT. 14. 2012
Our recently published artist book,
Museum of the Golden Nail, will be launched at L/R in Suldal, Norway.
We will also give an artist talk.
Seminar: Re-place OCT. 11-13. 2012
We are guest speakers at
Re-place Seminar #1 at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No. 9 SEPT. 14 - 28. 2012
From September 14 -20,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will relocate to Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.
This ninth installment of the museum is presented in parallel with the
B-Open in Bergen, Norway.
WITH WORKS BY
Ian Campbell (CA)
Michael Doerksen (CA)
Caroline and Annette Kierulf (NO)
Corrina Thornton (UK/NO).
KIAC Artists-in-Residence SEPT. 5 - OCT. 2. 2012
We are guest artists at the
The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.
Måg Magazine Interview SEPT. 2012
Måg recently interviewed us for their ninth issue.
Click
here to read the interview.
The Unfinished Reconstruction of Ujazdowski Castle MAY 27 - AUGUST 26 2012
Solo exhibition in the Castle Museum of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland.
Book launch & closing reception: Aug. 26 at 13.00.
Lewis & Taggart: Micro-Museum Potential APRIL 2012
Interview by Paulina Jeziorek in
Notes # 75 (p. 128-135).
Published by the
Bec Zmiana Foundation, Warsaw.
Click
here to read the interview (in Polish).
Click
here to read the English translation.
Flagg MARCH 23 - APRIL 29. 2012
We have been invited to contribute a flag to
Flagg, a project by Randi Grov Berger.
The flags will be presented in Bergen, Norway at Entrée and in various public spaces.
Opening reception: March 23 at 20.00.
A-I-R Laboratory MARCH 15 - JUNE 15. 2012
We are guest artists in the A-I-R Laboratory program at the
Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland.
The MOLAF: Armory Show VIP Reception MARCH 9. 2012
On March 9,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will make a one-night appearance in the Manhattan penthouse of the Norwegian Consul General.
The event is in conjunction with The Armory Show.
The Museum of Longing and Failure: Installment No. 8 FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 9. 2012
From February 20 - 26,
The Museum of Longing and Failure will occupy the street-level air conditioner window cage at 107 East 2nd Street, New York.
In 1961, Claes Oldenburg staged "The Store" at the same address.
WITH WORKS BY
Katie Bethune-Leamen (CA)
The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS)
Kurt Johannessen (NO)
The Ministry Of Transport And Communications (NO).